The Devon Eco-House project is for an architecturally striking and sustainable home set in the Dartmoor national park. Part buried in the ground, a series of timber hoops are set against each other to form a corridor spine with large scale spaces to one side and smaller to the other. The architecture would clearly show how the building sits within its excavated site. http://www.shape-architecture.co.uk/Home/ArchitectsLondon/DevonArchitect/DartmoorEcoHouse.aspx The internal elliptical corridor forms part of a route with an external micro power plant at one end and a bird hide at the other. Despite its striking form the building would use local natural materials [More]

Richard Rogers’ prefabricated housing for homeless people opens in south London ~ Designed for charity YMCA, this factory-building housing scheme by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners will provide accommodation for 36 homeless young people in Mitcham, south London Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ modular Y:Cube scheme for the YMCA was designed to be easily assembled and transported, so blocks can be moved between temporary sites in the capital. Named George Williams Court after YMCA’s founding member, the complex comprises 36 single-occupancy apartments. Each of the 26-square-metre units has a combined living room and kitchen and a separate en-suite bedroom. The [More]

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Mute colour film shot by an amateur cinematographer of the construction of prefabricated housing in post-war London. The film has inter-titles throughout. The film opens with a shot of St Paul’s Cathedral, followed by a sign at the base of Nelson’s Column reading ‘The time of destruction is ended … the era of reconstruction begins. HM the King”. Another sign reads ‘Save for reconstruction’. The demolition of a bomb-damaged building. Intertitles introduce the construction of Orlit Houses; a sign on-site reads ‘Ministry of Works. Experimental Permanent Houses. Poplar Site’. The construction of the houses are shown from constructing the concrete [More]